r/opensource bans AI projects, non-English posts and new solo work
Original title: r/opensource just banned AI, non-English speakers and more
Mods say they cannot tell AI writing from AI translation, and a rival subreddit, r/trueopensource, has already appeared.
Moderators of Reddit’s r/opensource posted rules barring projects that use AI, are made by AI, or are intended for AI, calling today’s AI incongruent with the community. They also require submitted projects to be at least one year old, actively maintained and built by multiple contributors, and say they will no longer field requests for maintainers. Non-English speakers are told to find another community because mods cannot distinguish AI-written text from AI translation. Moderator Wolvereness said enforcement can be selective, including software whose AI use is incidental accessibility such as automatic captioning. Commenters called the rules broad or vague and noted that the Linux kernel now contains some AI-generated code.
- Projects must be at least one year old and have multiple contributors.
- Solo developers with new projects cannot use the subreddit to seek help.
- Wolvereness cited automatic captioning as a possible exception.
- Critics say Linux-kernel users could be banned because the kernel has some AI-generated code.
- Organizations
From the original article
1 min read at theverge.com
The mods at r/opensource posted new submission rules that, among other things, banned projects that use AI. The post made Saturday evening opens by saying, "If your project uses AI, is made by AI, or is intended for AI, it's not welcome on r/opensource. AI, as it exists today, is incongruent to this Open Source community."
By Terrence O’Brien · theverge.com
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